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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2001
Applicants:
Ahmad H. Tawil, Round Rock, TX (US);
Jacob Cherian, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ahmad H. Tawil, Round Rock, TX (US);
Jacob Cherian, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F015/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In the present disclosure, a method and system is provided for generating worldwide names. The method and system includes reading a media access control (MAC) address associated with a network interface card (NIC). A fiber channel device associated with the NIC is then identified. A world wide name for the identified fiber channel device is then generated by appending a vendor specific identifier assigned to the fiber channel device to the MAC address obtained from the NIC.